CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - Stolen Hogs Return in Strange Manner
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When you and I were young
CEDAR COUNTY NEWS – April 3, 1924
Stolen Hogs Return in Strange Manner
Porkers which had been missing for two weeks found under scales
George Goetz is believing these days that the cat isn’t the
only animal that comes back, for fifteen hogs which belong to him and
which have been missing for two weeks were found a few days ago under
peculiar circumstances.
The fifteen porkers turned up missing from the feed yards in
Hartington one morning and every indication was that they had been
stolen. George being a good sport decided not to say anything about
the loss of his hogs, but figured he would just keep his eyes open and
see if he could get any trace of them.
As the days went by the hogs had apparently vanished into think
air as not a trace of them could be found. Then a farmer brought some
more hogs to town to sell them to George and in using the scales at the
yard, one of the planks of the scales was broken. In going to repair it,
George happened to notice a hog down under the scales, and great light
dawned on him.
Ripping off the other boards of the scales, George found his
fifteen hogs all right, three of them dead and the others so think that
they looked like “razorbacks” The hogs had crawled down under the scales
thru a hole on the one side, and then were unable to get out again, as
the hole was higher than they could climb.
Twelve of the happiest hogs in Cedar county greeted George as he
opened up the scales, for they were getting rather weary of their close
quarters and were mighty glad to get out.